SWAP

v. n. adv.

7 definitions — Webster’s Dictionary (1828)

1.
v.

To strike; -- with off. [Obs. or Prov. Eng.] "Swap off his head!" Chaucer.

2.
v.

To exchange (usually two things of the same kind); to swop. [Colloq.] Miss Edgeworth.

3.
v.

To fall or descend; to rush hastily or violently. C. Richardson (Dict.). All suddenly she swapt adown to ground. Chaucer.

4.
v.

To beat the air, or ply the wings, with a sweeping motion or noise; to flap.

5.
n.

A blow; a stroke. [Obs. or Prov. Eng.]

6.
n.

An exchange; a barter. [Colloq.] Sir W. Scott.

7.
adv.

Hastily. [Prov. Eng.]

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